Improvement in the diagnosis of appendicitis

Advances in Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 299-328

  Drake, Frederick Thurston ^a   Flum, David Reed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced imaging; Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Negative appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84880937035     PISSN: 00653411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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